Error in date when formatting to date

[bishnu]

I having problem when i changing (text to date type).

the original format is d/m/y, but when i am changing text to date type its randonly changing format to d/m/y and m/d/y

On to the left is original  and to the right is the one after i chnaged to date format. 

Can anybody help me to figure out why is this hapenning. I tried to extrat day and month/year seperately and later remerge, but the end result is the same.

Thanks in advance

BB

[amitchandak]

In case all your dates are in dd/mm/yyyy format please do following setting

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-apply-UK-date-format-dd-mm-yyyy-in-Date-slicer/td-p/...

[az38 · Accepted solution]

@bishnu 

try column

fld_due_date Copy = DATE(MID([fld_due_date],7,4),MID([fld_due_date],4,2),LEFT([fld_due_date],2))

it looks like regional settings issue 

[bishnu]

Thanks a lot. its worked. can you let me know why this happened. I still couldnt figure it out why this happened.

[Mariusz]

Hi @bishnu 

Check your Regional Settings

Best Regards,
Mariusz

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution.

Please feel free to connect with me.
LinkedIn